Gata Kamsky won against Topalov in Game 4 and the chalengers match starts from the beginning with 4 classic games rest.

At 15.00 local Sofia time the match will continue. We have live games available:
http://en.chessfish.com/live/live1.php

After this round many photos will be available...

Topalov and Kamsky had finished their 3th game of World Chess Challengers Match on a draw today.
After the first 3 rounds, Bulgarian still leads by 2-1 points.
There was a problem with live game translation but it was removed and we hope that tomorrow you will enjoy the match again.
We made a lot of shots from 3th round but will publish pictures on Sunday.
As you know Saturday is GM Kiril Georgiev's try to pass the new Guinness World Record and our team will be there. News, pics and vids from the event will be available soon.

GM Veselin Topalov won the second game against American GM Gata Kamsky in their World Chess Challenge Match. They played Ruy Lopes (Berlin variation).
We must remark that Topalov missed better game on his 17th move today.
We are at the battlefield and brought to you all the news in time.

Game 2: Kamsky - Topalov

More pics will be available later this evening.

The first game of World Chess Challenge Match between Veselin Topalov and Gata Kamsky was finished on a draw in 36 moves. It was Grunfeld opening game (Simagin variation) where Kamsky choose perpetual check to finalize the game.
Tomorrow (15.00 EET)is the second game and Kamsky has white pieces.

Former U.S. chess champion GM Gata Kamsky faces Bulgarian top player GM Veselin Topalov in an eight-game world challenge match in Sofia, starting today (15.00 EET). Two players will split a prize fund of $250,000. The winner qualifies to a world chess championship match against Viswanathan Anand of India later this year.
With his FIDE ELO rating of 2809 (best in the world), Topalov is a favourite in this match. However, Kamsky's tenacious style is perfect for match play, while Topalov seems better suited to tournaments. We are eager to see what will happen these days, but it seems to be interesting to all of us.
En.ChesFish.com will broadcast the match live.
On the other side, current World chess champion Anand returns to action Wednesday in an eight-player double round robin in Linares, Spain. He hasn't played since defending his title against Vladimir Kramnik of Russia in October.
Indian won Linares in 2007 and 2008.

Sponsored by one of the biggest airline company and became one of the populars chess events - The 8th Aeroflot Open Chess Festival takes place in Russian capital city of Moskow from 16 February (arrival) to 27 February 2009 (departure).
The major event consists of four tournaments (A1,A2, B and C - made up according to the rating of the participants) witch are 9 rounds Swiss System each.
Useful links and Participants lists:

The World Chess Challenge Match between Bulgarian GM Veselin Topalov and American GM Gata Kamsky opens tomorrow (16th of Feb. 2009) in Bulgarian capital city of Sofia.

Match Schedule:
Feb. 16 - Opening Ceremony at 18.00 EET (16.00 UTC)
Feb. 17 - Game 1 from 15.00 EET (13.00 UTC)
Feb. 18 - Game 2 from 15.00 EET (13.00 UTC)
Feb. 19 - Rest Day
Feb. 20 - Game 3 from 15.00 EET (13.00 UTC)
Feb. 21 - Game 4 from 15.00 EET (13.00 UTC)
Feb. 22 - Rest Day
Feb. 23 - Game 5 from 15.00 EET (13.00 UTC)
Feb. 24 - Game 6 from 15.00 EET (13.00 UTC)
Feb. 25 - Rest Day
Feb. 26 - Game 7 from 15.00 EET (13.00 UTC)
Feb. 27- Game 8 from 15.00 EET (13.00 UTC)
Februaty 28 - Tie Breaks

The winner qualifies for the World Chess Championship Match 2009 against current World Chess Champion Viswanatan Anand (India).

En.ChessFish.com will broadcast the match in LIVE CHESS GAMES section.

Many pics and vids will be available here soon.

Update 2009-02: Veselin Topalov is now in Sofia. Kamsky will arrive from Wijk ann Zee. More updates soon...

The candidates match between Bulgarian super grandmaster Veselin Topalov and American one Gata Kamsky will be held in Lviv (called also Lvov) Ukraine, from 26th November to 14th December, 2008. It became clear on 1st June, 2008, after the official statement of the FIDE president Kirsan Ilyumzhinov.

The candidates match between Bulgarian super grandmaster Veselin Topalov and American one Gata Kamsky will be held in Sofia Bulgaria, from 16th to 28th February 2008.